South Texas Plains
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“San Antonio delivers the perfect balance of authenticity and inspiration,” according to Tyler Orwig, senior vice president of sales for Visit San Antonio. “After meeting in one of our state-of-the-art venues, groups can stroll to The Alamo, visit the Historic Market Square, or take a boat tour on the river.”
Henry B. González Convention Center features 514,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space, a 54,000-square-foot ballroom, and 70 meeting rooms. Nearby hotels include the 1,000-room San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, with 70,136 square feet of event space, and Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk, boasting 115,000 square feet. Other hotels with significant event space include the Hilton Palacio del Rio, Omni La Mansion del Rio, InterContinental San Antonio, and Kimpton Santo San Antonio – Riverwalk.
Forty minutes from downtown, the 1,002-room JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa offers 267,973 square feet of event space. Also farther outside of downtown, the 500-room Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Villas features 100,000 square feet of meeting space. In addition, a new 5,600-square-foot Rancher Hall event space is scheduled to open early this year.
Gunter Hotel completed a $57 million renovation last year. New hotels scheduled to open this year include Monarch San Antonio and Morgan’s Hotel™.
San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is undergoing a $2.5 billion expansion.
